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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the most creative game I've played in years and years. Amazing story, amazing characters, amazing art and world design, all topped off with a beautiful soundtrack. The gameplay was of course good-- not perfect--but, very satisfying when it hit its stride.

All that to say: Yes, I want more weird and creative games of that caliber. I haven't played Death Stranding 2 yet, but I definitely plan to at some point.

The rich people live in non-polluted areas.

I think this is a large amount of the issue, along with what others have commented. There literally is.a hostile sentiment towards the "common/greater good" in the US if it means individuals have to sacrifice even a modicum of inconvenience. COVID and asking people to mask up was a perfect example of it in action. And that wasn't even entirely a democrat vs red hat cult thing, though the cultists definitely were much more pissed off and loud about it.

Whenever I've rented from Enterprise here in the US, they explicitly do not charge you for simple scuffs/scratches that aren't deeper than a specific amount (like 0.5cm or something).They've always told me they don't charge for dents that are smaller than around 2-4cm in diameter. In other words, basic wear and tear on cars being used by hundreds of people over their rental lifespan.

If Hertz ultimately goes down this path and their competitors do not, I would almost guarantee they'll lose tons of business.

Flock also said it launched a new tool that blocks impermissible searches in real time. “If a search involving Illinois camera data includes terms that indicate an impermissible purpose under Illinois law, the Illinois data will automatically be excluded,” the company wrote.

Lol, I feel like this can be easily sidestepped. ICE and the other fascist fucks enabling them don't give a shit about laws anymore. They can easily just change the purpose of their search to be one of the legally permissible reasons. Flock is supposedly working on a tool to automatically flag suspicious searches, but I doubt they'll work hard on ensuring it's effective.

As much as I am loathe to abandon this kind of tech to help find missing/kidnapped persons/human traffickers, it's way too easily corrupted when law enforcement is actively hostile to citizens no longer viewed favorably by the regime.

Oh I'm sorry, the Iranian government hasn't violently put down any female civil rights movements there?

Yes, I pointed that out in an earlier response.

They never said Win 10 would be the last ever. That was an off-handed comment made by one of the developers during an interview that the media spread as an official Microsoft statement, which it wasn't.

And yes, MS said the EOL was October 2025, but anyone that's familiar with any of Microsoft's previous software sunsets know that they always offer paid extended support. For example, Windows Server 2012R2 was sunset in what, 2023sh? But they offer paid extended support up to sometime in 2026.

Again, you're ignoring that the IAEA's entire purpose is non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Why deny compliance to third-party inspectors? If their endeavors were truly so innocent, then they had no reason to be uncooperative.

Sorry, I will not feel pity towards the Iranian government. I sympathize for their people, but their government can shove off.

I'm not arguing Israel's or the US's intent to destroy the Iranian government (and, for the record, the Iranian government is definitely shitty, even a notable portion of their population loathes it as well). That Israel--and the current US administration--has been wanting to attack Iran for any reason, even if the reason is dubious, is not in question.

What I'm arguing is that you said this was all to prevent Iran to have nuclear energy, which is untrue since Iran already has that. And it is also undeniable that Iran has not been complying with the IAEA's inspectors since 2019. Why would the IAEA report that Iran is enriching uranium beyond what is needed for energy? Why is Iran not complying with their inspectors?

Those are questions worth asking and seeking the answers to. I do not agree they should be outright attacked over such things, but to pretend like Iran is completely innocent is ridiculous. It's unfortunate that genocidal war criminals are running Israel and a corrupt group of fascists is running the US at the moment, but it is unsurprising that they are not seeking to resolve these issues peacefully.

They've always said that extended support would be available. It's like this with every single enterprise product. Red Hat Linux, VMware, etc all do it.

I'm all for circle jerking against Microsoft, they fucking suck. But this particular example is just such a dumb thing to get on a soapbox about. Businesses can't be expected to indefinitely support a piece of technology for free. Some Linux distros can do it because people volunteer their time and skills to do so. But that isn't feasible for a business to just pay dozens of developers to continuously work on a product that isn't actively pulling in revenue.

Calling people dumb for using an insanely popular product is pretty unnecessary. Some grandma just playing solitaire on her old PC that she uses to pay bills and whatnot on and you walk by, "you dumbass, use Linux instead!"